Saints are Created in the Mundane
When we think of a very spiritual or devout person , we usually think of someone who is beyond this world and our lived experience . Maybe this individual that we picture lives a solitary life, they are occupied with loving God every minute of every day ? Or perhaps we think of a very public personality that ministers on stage in front of thousands? Maybe it’s an influencer with a huge number of followers? Our first thoughts in this vein don’t tend to be centered on the quiet and patient believer who works a job , has children (or none), and struggles to pay bills. We tend to separate the holy from the mundane, from what we think constitutes the normal, the usual ; contrasted with what seems spiritual . Yet God is present in the totality of our lives and all facets of it. He is the God who is with us either in deep prayer or in a bad day at work. He doesn’t compartmentalize life like I tend to do. I naturally make boxes for myself; the holy goes over here and t...